A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate additional funds to the community colleges system office for short‑term workforce training continuing education programs that lead to a state or industry‑recognized credential.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office the sum of twelve million fifty‑one thousand four hundred seventy‑seven dollars ($12,051,477) in additional recurring funds for the 2019‑2020 fiscal year for short‑term workforce training continuing education programs that lead to a State or industry‑recognized credential. These funds shall be used to eliminate the full‑time equivalent (FTE) determination disparity between short‑term workforce training programs and curriculum programs.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2019.